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He said Ford staff were respectful in the meeting but he was unhappy with the company apparently targeting assembly plant workers.

"It seems as if this process affected guys on the floor and no one in the office or head office."

Ford announced in July it would axe 440 jobs at the two plants by November due to a slump in large car sales and a production reduction. But redeployment, in-house transfers and 118 voluntary redundancies mean 212 will be axed on Friday.

Those workers will be provided with employment support paid for by Ford.

Australian Manufacturing Workers Union spokesman Dave Smith says he is satisfied with how the car maker has handled the difficult process.

"They've given everyone interview times and they'll come in and they'll be told whether they have a job or not," the national secretary of the AMWU vehicle division said.

He said all levels of government should do more to support automotive jobs.